Jagadish Shettar submitted his resignation to governor HR Bhardwaj on Wednesday after the BJP's humiliating defeat.

A humbled Shettar said the party will respect people's verdict. "Bad publicity cost us this elections. Despite doing a good job in the past five years, bad publicity resulted in the party losing," he pointed out.

The former CM said the BJP government's efforts to publicize its achievements didn't yield results. Analyzing the results, Shettar said the Congress may have got a majority but it wasn't a positive vote. "The Congress garnered seats due to antiincumbency ," he said, adding that in a democratic set-up winning and losing are part of the process.